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windlass
noun
verb
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
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/ˈwɪnd.ləs/
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noun
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
verb
To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.